London Olympics 2012 Torch

Before carrying the torch in London, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon went for a symbolic run in the Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, the city that hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took part in the London Olympic torch relay and carried the flame today, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games.

The Olympic flame was held aloft at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, two days before its marathon journey around Britain comes to an end with a starring role in the London 2012 opening ceremony.

What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the flame? Or would you prefer a more traditional wager on the battle for gold between Russia and Spain in synchronized swimming duos?

The athletes and the Olympic torch have arrived in London

Queen Elizabeth II has met an old flame - the fire lit in Greece to mark the London Olympics. The monarch carried an unopened umbrella Tuesday as torchbearer Gina Macgregor held the torch. The sodden 74-year-old runner joked about being caught in downpour and told the queen that she had "looked fine this morning."

The Olympic torch relay was briefly disrupted on Monday when two little children ran up to one of the torchbearers in Coventry, in the heart of the U.K., penetrating the "security bubble" that surrounds the flame as it makes a 8,000-mile (12,900-kilometer) journey ahead of the London Olympics.

Olympic torchbearers have carried the symbolic flame of the London Games to a string of Northern Ireland's most beautiful coastal attractions, and are heading next to two communities associated with moments of terror.

As the torch relay traverses Britain ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Games, the IOC is looking much further ahead: Where will the Olympic flame burn eight years from now?

Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.

David Beckham will light a cauldron at a ceremony on Friday when the flame arrives in southwestern England from Greece on the eve of a 70-day torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics.

The Olympic torch was formally handed over from Greece to organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games in a ceremony here on Thursday.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that the first torchbearer for the Olympic torch relay in the UK would be three-times Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie.

The flame that will burn during the London Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, Greece, on Thursday, heralding the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening ceremony on July 27.

Before carrying the torch in London, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon went for a symbolic run in the Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, the city that hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took part in the London Olympic torch relay and carried the flame today, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games.

The Olympic flame was held aloft at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, two days before its marathon journey around Britain comes to an end with a starring role in the London 2012 opening ceremony.

What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the flame? Or would you prefer a more traditional wager on the battle for gold between Russia and Spain in synchronized swimming duos?

The athletes and the Olympic torch have arrived in London

Queen Elizabeth II has met an old flame - the fire lit in Greece to mark the London Olympics. The monarch carried an unopened umbrella Tuesday as torchbearer Gina Macgregor held the torch. The sodden 74-year-old runner joked about being caught in downpour and told the queen that she had "looked fine this morning."

The Olympic torch relay was briefly disrupted on Monday when two little children ran up to one of the torchbearers in Coventry, in the heart of the U.K., penetrating the "security bubble" that surrounds the flame as it makes a 8,000-mile (12,900-kilometer) journey ahead of the London Olympics.

Olympic torchbearers have carried the symbolic flame of the London Games to a string of Northern Ireland's most beautiful coastal attractions, and are heading next to two communities associated with moments of terror.

As the torch relay traverses Britain ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Games, the IOC is looking much further ahead: Where will the Olympic flame burn eight years from now?

Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.

David Beckham will light a cauldron at a ceremony on Friday when the flame arrives in southwestern England from Greece on the eve of a 70-day torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics.

The Olympic torch was formally handed over from Greece to organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games in a ceremony here on Thursday.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that the first torchbearer for the Olympic torch relay in the UK would be three-times Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie.

The flame that will burn during the London Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, Greece, on Thursday, heralding the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening ceremony on July 27.